On 1 June Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) received the latest draft of the country’s Constitution and is expected to vote on it soon. Amnesty International has reviewed the latest...

Amnesty International today accused the Mexican authorities of failing to deal with a humanitarian crisis concerning thousands of ‘disappeared’ people in the country. In a new briefing launched at the...

The number of demonstrators injured across Turkey as a result of use of excessive force by police will continue to escalate unless the police bring their tactics into line with basic human rights...

‘How many more reports need to be published on Syria for the world to wake up and take action to stop the bloodshed of civilians?’ - Philip Luther Today’s International Commission of Inquiry report on...

Amnesty International has welcomed recommendations from the United Nations Committee Against Torture that the Northern Ireland Executive should establish inquiries into clerical child sex abuse and abuses in…

‘It disturbing that he was not permitted to offer the "public interest" defence' - Anne FitzGerald Bradley Manning must be allowed to argue that he acted in the public interest when he distributed...

‘The inclusion of women in the peace talks must be genuine and meaningful’ - Isabelle Arradon International and Afghan military forces must preserve the modest human rights gains of the past 12 years...

‘Had it not been for legal aid and vital access to judicial review, the UK government could have had blood on its hands from its attempt to forcibly return a Syrian political activist

Amnesty's office in Istanbul being used as makeshift medical centre Urgent steps must be taken by the Turkish authorities to prevent further deaths and injuries and to allow protesters access to their...